Graham Phantom B44 Specs


Does anyone here by chance know what the arm mass is for the B44 w/ 9.5L armwand ?
I'm trying to compute the resonance frequency along with the cart compliance compatability issues.
Would appreciate some inputs.
fld
i tried looking for the specs over the net & couldnt find any info. Anyone else care to chime ?
Thanks for the reply audioliu.
I tried to get this information, too and failed. But I can give you probably another information which can be helpful. The compliance calculation gives you a number, but it will be pretty useless. The material of the Armtube is a factor, the quality of the bearing the next and then there are some more...
I used a lot of cartridges (maybe 20 or so, I forgot) with the Phantom Arm and that is one of the very rare ones which work very well with almost all. Maybe there are some exceptions but I didn't find one of them.
I had combinations with 9.5-10.3 from that compliance calculation and I got better performance results with those carts in different arms.
Dear Fld: I agree with Syntax on that useless tonearm/cartridge resonance calculation.

IMHO don'tb worry about. I already linked to you facts/experiences similar to Syntax ones in your other thread.

Of course that maybe you only want to made/make the calculation " just for fun ", but if you are trying to make tonearm/cartridge choices with IMHO you are wasting your time instead enjoying/listening your system/music.

regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.
Agree with Syntax and Raul. The only thing that resonance frequency calculation will do is prevent a gross mismatch. Otherwise it's a mildly interesting waste of time. (Of course, as Raul said, if that's the kind of thing you enjoy, you'll enjoy it!)

Assuming no gross mismatch, that calculation will tell you nothing about how a cartridge and arm will perform together sonically. Experience with the actual combination is the only way to know that, and Syntax apparently has plenty with the Phantom. Further, I'd surmise that the Phantom's damping facility should make it possible to handle the stray energies eminating from many different cartridges, which is what arm-cartridge matching is actually about.

Oh, how to avoid a "gross mismatch"? Simple. Whatever the Phantom's exact effective mass, it's reasonable to call it "medium". The arm is neither a flyweight nor a beast. So just avoid very light or very heavy cartridges and also avoid very compliant or very non-compliant suspensions. That guarantees you won't have a gross mis-match.

Choose your cartridge based on:
1. your budget,
2. the capabilities of your phono stage,
3. the kind of sound you prefer, and
4. the one that makes you smile when you look at it.

Less fuss, more tunes,
Doug